September 20, 2009
Yankees miss chance to clinch playoff spot
SEATTLE — A little over two years ago Joba Chamberlain entered the Yankees’ universe with the whistles screaming and the bells ringing so loudly they produced headaches associated with hair-hurting...
Red Sox complete sweep of Orioles
Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury both homered and drove in three runs to lead Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday. Bay's 35th homer...
Rangers lose; Yankees magic No. down to 1
Gary Matthews Jr. snapped out of his September slump with a tiebreaking homer and a two-run single for the Los Angeles Angels in a 10-5 victory over the Texas Rangers...
'Qns. Qaeda' got terror training
AURORA, Colo. — The arrest of a Colorado airport shuttle driver as part of a terrorism investigation reveals a murky plot that involved him receiving explosives training with al-Qaida in...
Maine leads Mets over Nationals, 6-2
For three months, John Maine was on the disabled list thanks to a weak right shoulder. And today he admitted that while his shoulder has good strength now, his game...
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Jets beat Patriots, 16-9; end home losing streak
Kiss that, Patriots. The Jets delivered the goods on their words of bravado today with a rousing 16-9 win over their hated-rival Patriots before a raucous Giants Stadium crowd that...
Notre Dame likely loses WR Floyd for season
Notre Dame will likely be without wide receiver Michael Floyd for the rest of the regular season and quarterback Jimmy Clausen might not be 100 percent when the Fighting Irish...
Paterson vows 2010 run, but hedges
Gov. Paterson is running to keep his job — for now. The embattled governor this afternoon didn’t deny reports that the White House wants to him step aside, fearing his...
CHSAA Bronx soccer preview: Addison leads youthful Spellman
Mel Brown had just gotten the hang of telling junior identical twins Saran and Anika Hall apart. It’s a process he will have to go through all over again this...
United stuns City 4-3 in Manchester derby
So Manchester City really did find a way to screw it up. Or maybe United just found a way to win it. Michael Owen grabbed a 96th-minute winner to hand...
The body politics
As health-care reform struggles to stay afloat, Democrats are desperate to pin the blame on Republicans. But the truth is, no matter how much Democrats gripe, it's their own fault....
Gametracker: Nationals at Mets
John Maine will make his second start since coming off the disabled list. It's the rubber game of the series. FOLLOW LIVE: Nationals at Mets
Follow live: Gang Green looks to take down New England
Mark Sanchez and the Jets play host to Tom Brady and the Patriots in an AFC East showdown in the Meadowlands. Both teams are 1-0 entering the hyped matchup. The...
5 kids, woman slain in Fla. family murder
NAPLES, Fla. — Five young children and their mother were found dead in a Florida apartment, and authorities were searching Sunday for the woman’s husband, who had left the country....
Minaya open to dealing core players
Mets GM Omar Minaya told NJ.com that he wouldn’t rule out trading one of the team’s core players. “I think you have to consider everything,” Minaya said. “When you have...
President says Yankees heading to World Series
So who will be in the World Series, Mr. President? President Barack Obama is such a big Chicago White Sox fan that he's not making any predictions as long as...
Highlights of Bam's blitz
President Barack Obama appeared in interviews broadcast Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ABC’s “This Week,” CNN’s “State of the Union” and Univision’s “Al Punto.” Here's...
Obama: only the rich will pay
President Barack Obama insisted he can overhaul the U.S. healthcare system and keep a campaign pledge not to raise taxes for anyone but the wealthiest Americans, in a media blitz...
Pats' Wes Welker out
The inactives are out for today’s Jets-Patriots tilt, and there’s one huge surprise. New England wide receiver Wes Welker, listed as questionable with a knee injury. That’s a huge loss...
Young Mountaineers not making excuses
Jaylen Amaker cringes every time anyone associated with the Mount St. Michael football program mentions the team’s inexperience. “I hate it,” the first-year quarterback said. “Experience, it does help, but...
Game 150: Nationals at Mets
The Mets will try to make it two in a row against the Nationals this afternoon at Citi Field when John Maine makes his second start since returning from a...
Coverage in The Post
While the Mets were snapping a six-game skid with their 3-2 win Saturday over the Nationals, colleague Mark Hale daydreamed about the extremely remote possibility that Fred Wilpon will ante up...
Islanders heat up, top Flames
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — Greg Moore's short-handed goal at 13:07 of the third period helped the New York Islanders to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. The...
Drunk driver smashes car, passenger dies
One man was killed and another arrested on drunken-driving and manslaughter charges after he lost control of his car and smashed into a utility pole in Huguenot, police said Christopher...
MVP trifecta is Mauer, Youk & Tex — for now
IN TWO weeks I will submit my vote American League MVP ballot, and Joe Mauer pretty much has extinguished all debate for the top spot. He not only has had...
Prime time
The news media are in such a depressed condition that they can’t even provide thoughtful coverage of a big story about the news media. Recently, when Diane Sawyer was named...
Reel good
A COOLER CLIMATE (1999) Tuesday, 12 p.m., Hallmark A Sally Field/Judy Davis treat about perceptions and how they form our thoughts about others. Iris (Field) was an upper-middle class woman...
Don't miss
Standing by her man Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies, above left, with Chris Noth) is a politician’s wife. Loyal and steadfast, she is shaken to the core when her husband (Noth)...
Purse power
It's no secret that women have buying power. We already purchase roughly 85 percent of the goods and services in the United States, from clothes to cars. But that's just...
Buddy system
Meet TV’s newest odd couple: Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J. They’re starring in the spin-off of the hit CBS series “NCIS” — “NCIS: Los Angeles” — playing Office of...
The new ‘Lost’
‘If you saw a glimpse of your future, what would you do?” asks David Goyer, executive producer of ABC’s FlashForward. Well, if you’re on “Flash Forward,” you might end up...
Witch hunt on ‘Eastwick’
Tired of Jay Leno already? NBC may be out of the drama business, but other networks are picking up the slack now that the fall TV season has officially begun....
Can't stop the music
"Glee” has invaded the marketplace. The show’s renditions of popular songs are all over Apple’s iTunes store. The Journey classic “Don’t Stop Believin,’” seen in the premiere, has been downloaded...
Wiped out
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Nan A. Talese In Margaret Atwood's haunting new post-apocalyptic novel, the titular flood is waterless; the year is indeterminate. The gory epidemic...
In Obama we trust ...less each day
As President Obama described his new policy on missile defense against Iran in Europe, I felt reassured when he promised that scrapping the Bush plan would actually strengthen America’s security....
ACORN an easy 'trick'
Here’s another reason why ACORN must be permanently barred from public funds. Any organization whose staff believed the young activists taping their scams were really a pimp and a prostitute...
Speaking in plane English
Reporting that airlines are bumping more passengers these days, The Wall Street Journal found an airline honcho willing to cut through the bull. “It’s pretty simple: It’s just because planes...
Crime drop brings a Ray of sunshine
New York City’s top cop, Ray Kelly, is rarely accused of being a skilled orator. But if the ultimate measure of a great speech is powerful, persuasive content, then Kelly...
The Bronx DA's big botch
A beloved prosecutor's trigger-happy killer nearly walked free on parole — and for that, his own Bronx DA's office bears the bulk of the blame. That office and the state...
UN's Israel frame-up
Here we go again: The badly misnamed UN Human Rights Council last week delivered a scathing — and outrageously one-sided — report on last winter's three-week conflict in Gaza. The...
America's next top role model
According to the magazine covers, Barack Obama used to be Abraham Lincoln. Now he's starting to sound like his uninvited defender Jimmy Carter. President Obama isn't stupid enough to play...
Man on a mission
Irving Kristol, generally seen as the "father of neoconservatism," died Friday. In this column from the Aug. 25, 2003, Weekly Standard, he summed up what he saw as the movement's...
Success symbol
No argument here: Dan Brown is the worst bestselling writer around. For starters, the man abuses the hell out of adjectives. If he had a nickel for every one he...
Sowing the seeds of destruction
Just how nutty is ACORN? Very, say longtime watchers of the extreme leftwing group that sprouted out of a radical 60s anti-government movement. For decades ACORN has presented itself as...
Smoke 'em out
Thank you, Andrea Peyser, for an excellent column with an even better headline ("About Time We Put Last Nail in the Coughin!" Sept. 15). I decided to eat my lunch...
Times up
Kyle Smith alludes to the notion that the public was not informed when President Obama's "green czar," Van Jones, quit under pressure because The New York Times did not cover...
Free and easy
In the editorial, "CUNY's Future" (PostScript, Sept. 13) you refer to "CCNY bouncing back from its disastrous open-enrollment/ tuition-free days." While open enrollment was indeed disastrous for the university (it...
Jets go to war with New England
The week leading up to today’s Jets-Patriots showdown at Giants Stadium began with phone Rex. Rex Ryan’s phone-message plea to Jets fans implored them to rock the house for the...
Moss challenge ‘nothing new’ for Revis
Last week, it was Texans receiver Andre Johnson, who had caught 115 passes in 2008. Today it’s Randy Moss, who caught 12 passes for 141 yards against the Bills Monday...
Time for talk is over for Ryan’s crew
JUST before one o’clock, inside a stadium that promises to sound as deafening as the mouths-that-have-roared team that will be playing inside it, Rex Ryan lets the dogs out against...
Giants prepare to deal with Dallas crowd
The seating capacity at Texas Stadium was 65,675, and there were many times when almost every one of the fans jammed in was screaming nasty things at the Giants. Among...
Dallas the team with something to prove
ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s easy to forget just how rapidly these two teams switched places, almost like a football version of “Freaky Friday.” And you can trace the transformation to...
Giants open road show before 100K
Everything is brand new, but some things never change. The Giants never before have played at Cowboys Stadium, but in tonight’s first regular season game in that new $1.6 billion...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with... Steve Smith
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 24-year-old Giants receiver who is in his third season out of Southern Cal. Q: How scary was it when you were robbed at...
Bombers beat Seattle 10-1
SEATTLE — CC Sabathia ignored a scary comebacker off his chest for his 18th victory, Mark Teixeira homered twice and drove in a season-high five runs and the New York...
If only N.Y. sports caught do-over fever
ARLINGTON, Texas — As they might say it down here: That’s one big-ol’ scoreboard up there, high (but not high enough, apparently) above Jerry Jones’ new playground, a target for...
The week's winners and losers
Winners JED RAKOFF Federal judge saves shareholders, scuttles BofA/Merrill SEC deal. DAN BROWN “Da Vinci Code” author sees record 1M first-day sales of follow-up book. DAN HESSE Sprint CEO sees...
The Rumble
Castillo’s son rise Little boy helped Met get past error It was the longest night of Luis Castillo’s career. The Mets second baseman dropped Alex Rodriguez’s pop fly with two...
Fame's Honor Roll
So many famous people graduated from LaGuardia Arts that the school gives a slideshow to students each year showcasing all the celeb alumni. And who does that slideshow begin with?...
Obama wants Paterson to drop out of Gov. race
The Obama administration, fearing that Gov. Paterson is too embattled to remain at the top of the ticket, has sent a message asking him not to run for a full...
Terror suspect arrested in Colorado
DENVER - Federal agents Saturday arrested a Colorado man who had been under surveillance as part of an anti-terrorism investigation that came to light in a series of New York...
Heidi's sex adventures
IN the new Jane Campion film, "Bright Star," Abbie Cornish portrays the teenage lover of 19th-century British poet John Keats. The film seethes with eroticism, but Cornish pretty much keeps...
This is really huge
EVERY morning, thou sands of fans vote to choose a move on the world's largest chess board. The board is about 400 yards by 400 yards -- large enough to...
Bridge
TOWARD the end of the month, I found Cy the Cynic in the club lounge "feeding hay to a dead horse," as he puts it: writing an alimony check. "I...
Russia drops missile threat
MOSCOW -- Russia said yesterday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir...
Nigeria hysteria vs. 'District 9'
ABUJA, Nigeria -- One of the summer's biggest blockbusters -- a sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid -- is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nigerians...
Obama touts financial fix
President Obama vowed yesterday to do away with gaps in the global financial system and make "reckless schemes" and "fat executive bonuses" a thing of the past. In his weekly...
Dietl: Call a plumber!
One tough ex-cop is fighting back. Bo Dietl -- the hero NYPD detective-turned-celebrity private eye -- is demanding the new Manhattan US attorney find who leaked a murderous mob snitch's...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn * Sometimes it's best to keep your opinions to yourself. A Williamsburg bodega customer got pummeled by a fellow patron after making a disparaging comment at the woman, sources...
2 hurt as taxi hits carriage
A cabby reportedly suffering a seizure plowed his taxi into a horse-drawn carriage near Central Park yesterday, landing him and the carriage driver in the hospital, police said. The horse...
Ex-adviser: Spitzer had his eye on presidency
Ashley Dupré didn't just topple the governor. She also dashed a 12-year game plan that was supposed to land Eliot Spitzer in the White House. "Eliot was going to be...
Get lost, Khadafy!
Keep on moving, Moammar. Agents for the terrorist-coddling Libyan strongman Moammar Khadafy were met with a strong-arm from a real-estate broker they approached to rent a posh Upper East Side...
ACORN looks to transplant here
Brooklynite Bertha Lewis is trying to make New York into ACORN's power base. Lewis, CEO of the controversial community-outreach group, is looking to move central operations from New Orleans to...
Tale of the babe of Aquarius
Meet the grooviest groupie of the '60s. She shagged Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger -- all married men -- at the height of their stardom. Starr and George...
There are issues figuring out home sale tax
Dear John: I'm an 82-year-old widower attempting to sell the house I've lived in for over 50 years. How much tax will I pay on the sale? Can I distribute...
Rockin' in the free world
ACTIVISION'S billion-dollar cash cow, "Guitar Hero," may be going for a different kind of solo performance soon -- heading to retail without the need to purchase a console from Sony...
Family takes tragic Yale victim home
Annie Le has made her final, sad journey home. The body of the slain 24-year-old Yale grad student returned to her small California hometown yesterday for a private funeral service...
Yank guru psych-out in prison
She never saw it coming. A so-called psychic to the stars with several Yankees as clients didn't foresee that pulling off a string of scams would land her behind bars....
Battle is Hebrewing
Even the High Holidays have done little to quell an escalating holy war between a rabbi and a new Hebrew charter school in Brooklyn. The battle pits the city's first...
Sex fiend lives for 'Gossip'
Twisted fake firefighter Peter Braunstein says the nubile actresses of "Gossip Girl" are the only thing keeping him from killing himself in prison. "There's another incentive or two for staying...
Mike's buried secrets dug up
MAYOR Bloomberg places so much trust in First Deputy Mayor Patti Harris that he's allowed her to select his burial plot without telling him where it is. That's just one...
HIV fighter lives to tell tale
Regan Hofmann, 42, grew up in Princeton, NJ, attended private high school and rode thorough bred horses while hiding a deep secret for nearly a decade: that she was HIV-positive....
Volcker, a super czar, is too often ignored by O
FROM the car czar to the climate czar to the Great Lakes czar (yes, there is one), President Obama's efforts to populate his administration with officials who often require no...
Hasbro's GI Joe a big sissy
Hasbro's GI Joe action figure is turning out to be a real softy -- and that can't be good news for the toy maker. For starters, retail sales of the...
Rally is for suckers
The S&P 500 index has rallied 56 percent since Mar. 9, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said this week that the recession is likely over. So across the country,...
Miscarry suit vs. 'harass' doc
One of the city's top spinal surgeons sexually harassed his research assistant into a miscarriage, according to a lawsuit. Yamuna Kanazawa, 27, was bombarded by advances from Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjie...
Feds arrest suspect in bomb plot
Federal agents have arrested terror suspect Najibullah Zazi, who had been grilled for days about his knowledge of a bomb plot against New York, a spokeswoman for his attorney said....
Cop dies after his car slams truck on BQE
A decorated homicide detective was killed when his unmarked police car slammed into the back of a sanitation truck on the Kosciuszko Bridge early yesterday, sources said. Timothy Duffy, a...
Prez thinks Paterson must go
The Obama administration, fearing that Gov. Paterson is too embattled to remain at the top of the ticket, has sent a direct message asking him not to run for a...
Condo's poker gamble
A Manhattan condo is flush with amenities -- as in royal flush. The city's newest legal underground card den is in a renovated condominium at 254 Park Ave. South, where...
Essex House murder
A luxe hotel overlooking Central Park was the scene of a gruesome murder yesterday after a woman was found with a knife sticking out of her neck and her nightgown...
Cuckoo for coconuts
Is Michael Kirban crazy -- or is he just crazy smart? The young and bullish entrepreneur who founded and heads up Vita Coco, a coconut-water beverage company whose signature drink...
Principal is a 'double dipper'
Raquel Downing spends her busy days behind a desk, yapping on the phone and toiling over two laptop computers as she wheels, deals and runs her online business selling personalized...
Publisher sexist: suit
A Manhattan publishing executive told a pregnant subordinate that she should "try a sex toy" to stave off fatigue, according to a lawsuit. McGraw-Hill Chief Information Officer December Martin was...
Liberty on the rocks
Give us your tired, your poor, your addled masses. The National Park Service vendor who runs Liberty Island's restaurants, cafés and catering has applied for a license to serve beer,...
$4.3M computer fiasco at Finance
The city's Finance Department last week mothballed its useless new $4.3 million property-appraisal computer system, The Post has learned. "It's a real mess," one city tax assessor said. In July...
Clunker $tink
They junked their clunkers, but weeks after the government's Cash-for-Clunkers program ended, some buyers are complaining they got taken for a ride. The complicated and, some say, poorly implemented Cash...
Flu docs order more shots
Amid all the hype surrounding swine flu, health officials are trying to avert a shortage of vaccine for another potential killer -- seasonal flu. "We're seeing an increased demand because...
Sad men
About 640 miles west of Madison Avenue, in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the cratered US auto industry, there sits a six-story building in a run-of-the-mill office park that...
His house of cards a 'Holiday Inn'
He knows how to hold them, and he knows how to fold them. He can stack them up, too. "Professional card stacker" Bryan Berg, 34, lounges on a bed made...
Hondo plays 'D'
The Hokies failed to make it happen against the 'Huskers yesterday, so Hondo's ever-expanding deficit ballooned to 1,460 novaceks. Tonight, he expects the Giants to experience a big downer in...
These Amazin' prospects shined brightest
IKE DAVIS and Jenrry Mejia entered the 2009 season headed in totally different di rections. Davis, the first of the organization's three first-round picks in last year's draft (No. 18...
Putting a hurt on the patsies
* After hearing all summer long about the much-improved Jets defense and seeing it trounce Houston, my message to Bill Belichick and the New England Patsies (assuming you can read)...
Dixon captures Indy Japan; boosts series title hopes
Scott Dixon's IndyCar series championship hopes got a huge boost at the Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan, while Ryan Briscoe's took a hit from a pylon at the end...
Spain, Czech Rep. reach Davis Cup finals
TORRE PACHECO, Spain -- Defending champion Spain advanced to the Davis Cup finals by defeating Israel 3-0 yesterday. Feliciano Lopez and Tommy Robredo beat Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 7-6...
Boat show has feel of a festival
THE NORWALK Boat Show always has been a good way to end the boating season, and this time around they have made it more like a festival. In fact, they...
NHL Players deserve answers for union shenanigans
THE ORIGINS of the NHL Players' Association debacle in which Paul Kelly, a good man, was kicked out the door by a vote by torchlight at 3 in the morning,...
Tim has been 'Red' badge of courage
Tim Redding represents the worst and the best of the Mets this season. The worst: The 31-year-old journeyman with a career record of 37-57 was signed with only a prayer...
Rangers finally sign Brandon Dubinsky
The waiting is over. The Rangers and Brandon Dubinsky, their projected first-line center who missed the first week of training camp because of a contract dispute, will be back together...
Mets' future bleaker than Nationals
THIS is the hard truth Mets fans must face today. The Nationals have a brighter future than the Mets. It doesn't get any worse than that. Washington has the worst...
For power, roll out the 'Welcome Matt'
Cory Sullivan believes Matt Holliday would be fine on any team in baseball, but the more Holliday's team is in contention, the better the superstar left fielder tends to be....
Francoeur's key hit helps Mets snap skid
Manager Jerry Manuel said before yesterday's game that the Mets "need a win bad," and in the eighth inning, when they nearly botched their lead over the Nationals, the same...
Sports shorts
NFL: Rice, Emmitt headline early Hall list Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith headline the preliminary list of modern-era nominees for induction next year in the Pro Football Hall of Fame....
Bombers will put cork in celebration
SEATTLE -- After missing the postseason dance a year ago, the Yankees understand returning to the playoffs is an accomplishment. Nevertheless, don't expect them to bathe each other in champagne...
Jets say he is 'the same Tom Brady'
There has been a lot of talk this week about how Tom Brady didn't look like his "old self" against the Bills Monday night. To that thought, the Jets wonder,...
Do ESPN execs really think this is good TV?
GIVEN one more shot to help cure what ails ESPN -- to try to save it from devouring itself whole -- this is what I'd do: I'd gather its top...
Big scare for CC
SEATTLE -- The Yankees received a colossal scare in the fifth inning last night at Safeco Field when Franklin Gutierrez's liner struck ace hurler CC Sabathia high on the chest...
Twins pull within two of Tigers
The latest ball lost in the Metrodome's deceiving roof spoiled Justin Verlander's stellar start in the eighth inning, and the Twins rallied past the Tigers 6-2 yesterday in Minneapolis to...
Hot Red Sox win again
Jon Lester pitched into the seventh inning to win his sixth straight decision, and the Red Sox feasted on the Orioles bullpen in an 11-5 victory last night in Baltimore....
Floyd sittin' Pretty after post-layoff destruction
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. should pick on someone his own size next time he enters the ring. Maybe then we will see if he's worthy of being the...
Bombers sink Mariners
SEATTLE -- Seeing a line drive collide with CC Sabathia's chest pebbled every millimeter of skin in the Yankees' universe last night. Watching the staff ace tell teammates and trainer...
'Cat high on Giants, Panthers
THE PICKS Giants (+3) over COWBOYS: Big Blue smothered Redskins offense until game was out of reach. Given the Jones/Phillips Cowboy Cocktail of a deep-pass offense and Mr. Softee defense,...
Big Blue will give Dallas' defense fits
Giants (+3) over COWBOYS: Fact that Tampa Bay couldn't compete with Dallas as non-divisional home underdog tells you more about Buccaneers than Cowboys. This first of three consecutive road games...
Weird but true
Being a smooth crook doesn't translate into smooth dating moves. Columbus, Ohio, cops arrested Stephfon Bennett, 20, when he returned to a home he allegedly had just ripped off and...
Former pro Boyd turns teacher
Brendan Fowler is too young to remember any of Stephen Boyd's football career. "I was too young to have ever seen him, but I heard he was a beast," the...
Vols can't upset No. 1 Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The man who in his first Southeastern Conference game had become Urban Meyer's worst nightmare was about to run onto Florida Field when he came face-to-face with...
Late FG caps Huskies' upset win over Trojans
SEATTLE -- Southern California's Stafon Johnson stayed face down on the turf. Jubilant Washington players and fans stepped over him, on their way to a riotous purple party that stretched...
Clausen, Irish hold off Michigan State
Jimmy Clausen threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns, including a 33-yarder to Golden Tate with 5:18 left that led Notre Dame to a 33-30 victory over Michigan State yesterday...
Rutgers struggles in win over FIU
PISCATAWAY _ Rutgers’ offense is a work in progress, and they’re progressing painfully slowly. Playing lightly-regarded Sun Belt foe Florida International, only a dominant defense helped them escape with a...
Lions earn local bragging rights
Norries Wilson was impressed with his team's poise, well before the Columbia bus arrived in The Bronx yesterday afternoon. "Coming over here, it took us an hour and 15 minutes...
Florida State shocks No. 7 BYU
In Provo, Utah, Christian Ponder threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Florida State (2-1) beat No. 7 BYU 54-28 last night, ending the Cougars' (2-1) 18-game home...
Game 149: Nationals at Mets
The Mets will try to snap a six-game losing streak today when ex-National Tim Redding takes on his former team at Citi Field.Redding will be making his seventh start since...
Coverage in The Post
Carlos Delgado's days with the Mets could be numbered after the veteran first baseman had some medical setbacks recently, all but finishing his hopes of playing the final two weeks...
Who's fierce (and false) at Fashion Week
Life is a hot tranny mess for Christian Siriano these days. And that’s a good thing. (Check the glossary below.) The “Project Runway” winner and Tim Gunn-declared prodigy just showed...
Chick, Please
Check out Amazon or your local Barnes & Noble, and you’ll find plenty of books designed to help you with dating or relationships: “He’s Just Not That Into You,” “Men...
Face(book) off
After chatting about everything from their world travels to their workouts, Hamilton was sure he wanted to know more about Jennifer. So the 30-year-old designer simply — and boldly —...
Meet Market
27-year-old Shawn is just as comfortable on the dance floor as he is in the hospital ward. Ladies, if you like the caring daring type — this is your guy....
Dinner theater
Forget about low-key meals in dimly lit rooms — this is the year of eating out with élan, as New York City restaurants reintroduce tableside service. Classic French restaurants have...
Agenda
ROCK OUT TO THIS: Irish rockers U2 play Giants Stadium Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. You may have to beg, borrow or steal to get tickets, but it’s guaranteed to be...
The real 'Fame'
Irene Cara wasn’t exaggerating. “Fame” — it really is going to live for-ever. Even after one movie, a TV series and an off-Broadway play, audiences are still fascinated by the...
Yanks vs. Mariners
Follow C.C. Sabathia and the Yanks as they face off against Doug Fister and the Mariners...
Grapple in the Apple
You’re at a wrestling event, in between matches. There’s a burlesque dancer in the ring, an announcer is cracking jokes, and suddenly the place goes dark. The dancer vamooses, the...
My New York: Ace Freheley
Along with his fellow New York natives in the band Kiss, Bronx-born guitarist Ace Frehley ignited a rock revolution in the ’70s, inspiring a nation of young headbangers to pick...
They feline funny
The LOL cats, stars with those hilarious, uniquely spelled photo captions on the site icanhascheezburger.com, have just “authored” a mock motivational book, “How To Take Over the Wurld: An LOL...
Armato, McCombs help Sea run over Mount
Even Andrew Armato wasn’t sure what was going to happen as he took a sweep up the left sideline and slowed to a near stop as he crossed the Mount...
PSAL Brooklyn girls volleyball preview
The Brooklyn Tech girls volleyball team ran into a juggernaut in the playoffs last year: eventual champion Francis Lewis. If there was one thing Engineers coach Rosanne D’Augusta learned from...
Buzz around veteran Hornets girls volleyball team in 2009
The Midwood girls volleyball team lost its first league match since 2004 last season, to Secondary School for Law, Journalism and Research, and had to share the PSAL Brooklyn A3...